Posts Tagged ‘Republicans’
My awesome fist pump is just one more thing that makes me relatable to the public. (Rand Paul after his primary victory in Kentucky.) (Courtesy of the NYT.)
“Ugh… Why is it always an election year??” Yeah, we hear your groaning. We’ve been groaning a lot too, but that might be all the caffeine talking.
Now come on, you know you’re interested: What happened in the “2010 Super Tuesday” election?… the one that involved voting in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Arkansas that other day? Kind of a lot, so you should probably keep reading.
The attention-worthy outcomes in these three primaries include:
- Rand Paul, son of Ron, a Tea Party kind of dude, won a Republican nomination for Senate in Kentucky
- Mark Critz won an important district handily in Pennsylvania against a Tea Party kind of dude, stepping into the late Rep. John Murtha’s shoes
- Blanche Lincoln, a Democratic Senator from Arkansas, was forced into a party run-off
- Joe Sestak beat out incumbent Democratic (and former Republican) Senator Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania
OK, that might just sound like a bunch of names. But it gets simpler from here on out.
The Hill (not to be confused with “The Hills“) breaks down the election results into four “anti-” categories to help decode them: “anti-politics, anti-incumbent, anti-establishment, anti-Democratic.” …read more.
All right, let’s start with Wall Street. As displayed in the cartoon above (by KAL), Washington politicians are not pleased with the money folks from Wall Street. The biggest target is Goldman Sachs, who sent its best and brightest to the Hill this week to answer some tough questions. Here is their highlight real: …read more.
Thanks to Wikicommons.
Candles, cake, and intense political debate, what else would anyone want for their first birthday? Especially if that special someone is the Federal economic stimulus bill!
Now, like most birthday celebrations (except for ours which you forgot) a variety of “gifts” and “wishes” have been flying in.
Led by President Obama, folks are trumpeting the stimulus as a success.
But for all the birthday cheer, there was also a load of Bronx cheers.
Some are questioning whether the bill actually helped the economy, particularly Republicans (who didn’t approve of the stimulus from day one). …read more.
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Aren’t puzzles puzzling?
Out of the box their pieces are tiny, oddly shaped and maddeningly indistinguishable (like a pea, a marble and our editor’s brain). But when you look at the cover of the box, the pieces are mysteriously assembled to paint a clear picture.
A clear picture is being painted right now in Washington DC. As these pieces come together, this political picture is not looking good… for the Democrats.
Here are some of the pieces…
Fund Raising: A new Supreme Court ruling, Citizens United v Federal Election Commission, frees corporations to write unlimited blank checks to political campaigns (Open the Floodgates!).
Web Surfing: The Republicans are getting more savvy as to how to use The Internet for political gain. The recent election of Massachusetts Senator Senator Scott Brown has been attributed to a rigorous use of the internet. Elsewhere, California conservative Carly Fiorina have taken to running attack adds through the web. Seen below is the “Demon Sheep” add run against her primary challenger Tom Campbell.
Stand up, sit down, applaud, guffaw, chuckle, smirk, repeat…for one hour.
That pretty much describe how the folks in the Senate chamber reacted to the State of the Union address last night.
If you were sleeping listening to the President’s speech, you heard a lot of talk and a lot of promises… But what does it all mean?
We’ve found some pretty good analysis of the big event to help answer that question (And make you sound incredibly informed during the discussion at the water fountain/cooler today).
Some of the best commentary came via live blogs and Tweets. Catch up on what we had to say on Twitter in case you missed it! Some other great Tweets:
From the political satirist @BorowitzReport: Instant Poll: 90% of Republicans Who Did Not See Obama’s Speech Disagree With It
Getting to the point is @PatrickRuffini: This change stuff is HARD #shortersotu
Political analyst @marcambinder indicates a positive response to the address: CBS Instapoll: approve of the proposals? 83% said yes. Obama has same priorities as you have? (57% to 73% in sample from pre to post)
Now that you’ve grown to appreciate USDemocrazy’s thoughtful and insightful predictions for 2010 (what, you don’t agree?!), we hope you’re looking forward to the elections coming up this year.
All of the recent banter over health care and President Obama’s performance in office is raising a question… which party will be victorious in 2010?
Some such people spoke out on The McLaughlin Group on Sunday. ’Political oblivion’ is discussed in no uncertain terms in the video above.
You can find what the panelists thought on other topics of yearly importance, including the most original thinker and the worst politician of 2009, here.
The McLaughlin Group, for those of you not always tuned into PBS (we saw it while waiting for Sesame Street to come on this week) is a public affairs round-table show with big-mouthed panelists and some fun debates. Not everyone is enthralled with their styling of arguing debating, as shown in this video below:
Thanks to Wikicommons.
Time to Break out the Champagne Club soda!!
A health care bill is close to making its way out of the Senate (despite the Republicans best efforts to stop it).
President Obama expressed his happiness calling the possible law
a big victory for the American people.
Republicans (of course) are unhappy about this bill.
Should we, the American People, be celebrating this current policy?
Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman thinks that this health care reform will provide long term cost reductions despite the laws initial costs. Check out his nifty graph below:
Thanks to Paul Krugman
Not everyone agrees.
Our free market friends at Reason Magazine note, in the video below, that this health care bill may cost more and do more than anyone anticipated.
Of course it’s not just the Government’s expenses that people are debating. …read more.
We at USDemocrazy don’t know much. But we do know when to shut up and listen to someone who knows what he/she’s talking about.
That is why we decided to interview the brilliant Dr Tom Schaller about some important trends in politics today.
In the first video above, we asked him tell us about the rare sighting of a moderate in Washington DC.
In the second, below he tells us about the challenges facing the Republicans in the 2012 Presidential elections (Yes, they will be here in NO TIME!).
Stayed tuned for more brilliant takes from Dr Schaller in the days ahead… including his insight to The Colbert Show!
Thanks to Wikicommons.
FINALLY! The Large Hadron Collider smashes stuff together.
A test for Republicans? A party rule could require an grade of at least 80% to receive GOP funds.
37 too many. Infamous South Carolina Governor, Mark Sanford, faces ethics charges.
We at USDemocrazy like to speak out (especially when it’s our turn to wash the dishes). So the question is: when does speaking out become too out spoken?
That’s a question Representative Joe Wilson, of South Carolina, has heard since he shouted his feelings (“You LIE!” to be exact) during President Obama’s speech on health care (see video above). …read more.
